51.   The inspector promptly slapped the goods with a heavy import duty, plus a stiff penalty for not declaring them.

52.   The Justice Department has concerns when one company has a dominant market share and fends off competition by imposing long-term contracts with stiff penalties for cancellation, Bingaman said.

53.   The lawmakers also agreed to create stiff new penalties for stalking.

54.   The president will insist that stiff penalties be imposed if the industry fails to meet targets for reducing youth smoking over the next decade.

55.   The Republicans also recommend a stiff financial penalty for new Medicare beneficiaries who refuse to join HMOs.

56.   The surge in stiff penalties reflects the recent get-tough approach at NASD Regulation, the industry body that polices all U.S. brokers, NASD officials said.

57.   The Workplace Project helped create the Unpaid Wages Prohibition Act, which would create stiff penalties for employers who cheat workers.

58.   They kept their mouths shut, under the threat of stiff penalties, when they were voted off the island.

59.   These strategies, however, leave clients open to stiff penalties from the IRS.